Editing Iron Cross (section)

===Allied Propaganda versions===
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In 1914, a variety of very crude anti-German propaganda versions of the Iron Cross were created by the Allies, and sold to raise money for the war effort and the relief of [[Belgian refugees]]. One was inscribed "FOR KULTUR" in raised letters, another "FOR BRUTALITY." Yet another showed the names of French and Belgian towns attacked or destroyed during the [[retreat from Mons]] on the ends of the upper arms of the cross; these included [[Rheims]], [[Louvain, Belgium|Louvain]] and [[Amiens]] on one side, and [[Antwerp]], [[Dinant]] and [[Ghent]] on the other, with the date 1914 on the lower arm, and a central W for [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm]] as on the original. Another commemorated the [[raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby]], showing the names of these "war atrocities" on the arms of the cross.